{"product_id":"musical-tables-poems-paperback","title":"Musical Tables: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBilly Collins\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER - From the former United States Poet Laureate and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eAimless Love, \u003c\/i\u003ea collection of more than 135 small poems, eleven of them new to this edition, and each a thought or observation compressed to its emotional essence\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Whenever I pick up a new book of poems, I flip through the pages looking for small ones. Just as I might have trust in an abstract painter more if I knew he or she could draw a credible chicken, I have faith in poets who can go short.\"--Billy Collins\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYou can spot a Billy Collins poem immediately. The amiable voice, the light touch, the sudden turn at the end. He \"puts the 'fun' back in profundity,\" says poet Alice Fulton. In his own words, his poems tend to \"begin in Kansas and end in Oz.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow \"America's favorite poet\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) has found a new form for his unique poetic style: the small poem. Here Collins writes about his trademark themes of nature, animals, poetry, mortality, absurdity, and love--all in a handful of lines. Neither haiku nor limerick, the small poem pushes to an extreme poetry's famed power to condense emotional and conceptual meaning. Inspired by the small poetry of writers as diverse as William Carlos Williams, W.S. Merwin, Kay Ryan, and Charles Simic, and written with Collins's recognizable wit and wisdom, the poems of \u003ci\u003eMusical Tables\u003c\/i\u003e show one of our greatest poets channeling his unique voice into a new phase of his exceptional career. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e3:00 AM\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnly my hand\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eis asleep, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ebut it's a start.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBilly Collins\u003c\/b\u003e is the former Poet Laureate of the United States. He is the author of twelve collections of poetry, including the bestsellers \u003ci\u003eAimless Love\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Trouble with Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSailing Alone Around the Room.\u003c\/i\u003e He is also the editor of \u003ci\u003ePoetry 180, 180 More, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBright Wings\u003c\/i\u003e. A former Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York, Collins served as New York State Poet from 2004 to 2006. In 2016 he was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He lives in Florida with his wife, Suzannah.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752397603104,"sku":"9780399589805","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f9f5bc01278bdd75948cf2c6171eaae0.webp?v=1779994782","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/musical-tables-poems-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}